By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 51-year-old man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly tried to fire bomb his ex-wife’s home in the Mossyrock area.
Matthew P. White was subdued by his 23-year-old son, who at one point kicked away a device his father said was Napalm before it exploded in the kitchen.
No injuries were reported. White, who lives in Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail on multiple offenses.
It happened on the 100 block of Koons Road, south of Mayfield Lake.
Deputies were called about 12:30 p.m. by the son, who said he was concerned about his father and followed him to the home, according to the Lewis County Sherif’s Office.
“The son watched his father carry a gas can and an incendiary device to the front door then kick in the door,” Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
Nobody was home at the time, according to Brown.
The son and his 22-year-old friend followed the father into the kitchen, where they found he had lit the device, Brown said.
Brown said White looked at the device and threw it at his son.
The friend grabbed a fire extinguisher and put it out, while White and his son wrestled, Brown said.
White then allegedly came at the friend, pulling a large knife from the back of his coat.
The two young men finally subdued White and pulled him from the house, according to Brown.
The fire damage was apparently limited to a door jamb.
Brown said the device was found to be gas mixed with styrofoam. She said three more were found in White’s car.
White was booked for first-degree arson, first-degree assault, burglary and possession of an incendiary device, according to Brown.
He has not lived at the house since October, she said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
terrible for all…